If you visit my web site titled BLANKENSHIP ORIGINS you'll find the answer to your question regarding the origins of the name Blankenship. There are almost 80 web pages containing the history of the this surname and those who first brought it to America from England.

BLANKENSHIP ORIGINShttp://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~kallenbach/

Also visit :

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~kallenbach/

and the BLANKENSHIP ORIGINS index http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~kallenbach/index33..htm

Photos of Blenkinship homelands in EnglandBlankinship's lifestyle in colonial Virginia"NEW" Blenkinship Surname Analysis done in ScotlandHistorical Data on Blankenship Origins in England & early VirginiaEnglish Surname DerivationsDoes the name Blenkinship mean "Sheepherders from Blencarn" ?Other BLANKENSHIP web sites on the InternetMap of Ralph and Martha Blankinship's original Homestead ca. 1700Listen to the English dialect spoken in Cumbria Co., EnglandA Brief History and Chronology of Cumbria County, EnglandThe Ghost of Blenkinsopp Castle - A Brief History dating back to 1340Death Inventories of immigrant Ralph Blankinship and sons (1714-1754)A Study of Spelling Variations of the name Blankenship-Blenkinship-et alWas the Immigrant Ralph Blankinship a Catholic or Protestant?Colonial Land Laws and Ralph Blankinship's Missing Land GrantBlankenship - McCoy Marriages during the Hatfield-McCoy FeudProfessional Genealogy Study done on the surname BLENKINSOP

MILITARY RECORDS

Blankenships who received Revolutionary War PensionsBlankenship veterans of the War of 1812Blankenship & Blankinship veterans of the Civil War (over 700 names)Blankenships who died in World War-IIBlankenship Casualties of the Korean WarBlankenships who died in VietnamBlankenship who died in the Beirut, Lebanon bombing of the USMC

OTHER RESEARCH STUDIES

Map showing neighbors of the immigrant Ralph Blankinship in VirginiaBlenkinships and Blenkinsops of Haresceugh Castle near Penrith, Eng.Photos and Map of Blenkinsop Castle and Hall near Haltwhistle, EnglandRalph Blankinship's poss. Roots in Gainfort, County Durham, England500-year Old Latin Language Documents on Blenkinsops in EnglandHuck Finn was Really Thomas Blankenship from Hannibal, MOLanguage clues suggest Ralph Blankenship was from Cumberland, Eng.Maiden name of Ralph Blankinship's wife discovered?620-year old French & Latin documents discuss Blankinsops in England15 Generations of Blenkinsops in England from 1200 - 1800 ADProof that Blankenships may have descended from the VikingsBurial Index for England (1583-2000) - Blenkinsop, Blankenship, et al.Did our ancestors speak Anglo-Saxon, Latin or Norse?

SPECIAL INTEREST CATEGORY

The dollar cost equivalent of commodities & food in England in 1625The History of Blenkinsopp Coal Mine at Greenhead, NorthumberlandThe Library of Virginia on-line Historical databasesThe History of Names and places in Henrico Co., VirginiaHenrico Co., VA - History predating much of AmericaWhat you need to know about copyright lawsBlenkinsops relationship to King Arthur's CourtThe Earliest History of Blankenships in America - Oct. 1917New Photos of Blenkinsop Castle taken in late 2001